CWA Moves Closer to Municipal Collective Bargaining in Denver

Last week, members of the Denver City Council voted unanimously to allow the question of municipal collective bargaining to appear on the ballot this November. Without this vote, the coalition pushing for the measure—which includes members from CWA, the Teamsters, and SEIU—would have had to garner over 63,000 signatures to ensure the measure goes before the people in a vote. Now, activists can focus on the next step, raising public awareness ahead of November.

In Denver, police, firefighters, and teachers already have collective bargaining rights, while approximately 7,000 more public employees, including library workers and park rangers, do not. Public employees from CWA Local 7777, Local 7799, and the Denver NewsGuild (TNG-CWA Local 37074) have spoken before the Denver City Council and are preparing for victory in November.

Click here to see our coverage of the start of this campaign.

 
Coalition members rallied outside the Denver Municipal Building earlier this week after receiving word of the unanimous vote to put the question of collective bargaining for municipal workers on the ballot this November.